The Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, ravaged Europe for centuries, claiming millions of lives. Believing the ...

UD insect ecology and conservation student Thor Freeman pursues medical entomology career with the U.S. Air Force ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

Staphylococcal (staph) infection is caused when bacteria called Staphyloccocus enters the body, usually through a skin cut or wound. Staphyloccocus aureus is the most common type to infect humans, ...

Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The bubonic and septicemic forms — mainly infecting the lymph nodes and ...

“There is a close link between art and disease,” he says of his experimental ... we can see that the Black Death (a deadly 14th century bubonic plague outbreak) inspired a lot of artists ...

In his first solo exhibition in 22 years, artist and former art teacher Ricky Yeung Sau-churk examines what he sees is a rise in mental illness in Hong Kong. “There is a close link between art and ...

Different types of otitis media include the following: Acute otitis media. This middle ear infection occurs abruptly causing swelling and redness. Fluid and mucus become trapped inside the ear, ...

in particular the variola virus that causes smallpox. A vast Soviet network of biological weapons facilities working to weaponise diseases such as anthrax, smallpox and the bubonic plague was ...

By the time the plague was over, up to half of the known European population had been killed. The disease’s deadly path is relayed from Russia to England, delivering an intimate perspective that ...

Lady Gaga’s new song “Disease” is finally here in all its maximalist pop glory. The track is driven by a cavernous synth line that swells and slams against industrial drums before erupting ...